Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1887-01-11
10th Congress---Second Session.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 10.
SENATE.-Senator Frye introduced sub
sidy amendment to the postofice appropria-
ton bill. Ut provides for the transportation
of foreign mails by American built and regis
tered steamers, to secure greater frequency
and regularity in dispatch and a greater
speed in the carriage of such mails to Brazil,
the Republic of Mexico, Central and South
America, and appropriating $500, 600 for the
purpose 1t directs the Postmaster General
to make after due advertisement for propos-
ais such contract or contracts with such
American steamships for a term of not less
than five years and at a rate of compensation
not exceeding for each outward trip one dol
lar for each nautical mile in the most direct
and feasible sailing course between the ter
minal points as shall be found expedient and
desirable to secure the ends set forth.)
Senator Hoar made report favorable to a
national celebration of the centennial ami
versary of the adoption of the constitution of
the United States.
At one o'clock Senator Cul1om called up
the inter State commerce bill and Senator
Beck addressed the Senate in support of the
adoption of the conference report. Mr.. Beck
went on to say that the report presented the
issue fairly between those who wished that
the Interstate railways be operated subject
the railroads to make their own
laws; that the present measure was the
result of ten years. consideration on the part
of committees of the two houses and that the
defeat of this measure would keep the con-
troll of the commerce of the country in the
hands of the railroads. Mr.. Beck quoted
from decisions of the courts showing that it
was the right and duty of Congress to legis
late on this subject. He read from a book
on the Railroads of the Republic" which
stated in the chapter that was read that the
Oil company received from the va
rious railroads during eighteen months re-
bates amounting to SO. 900, 600 and by rea-
son of these rebates crushed out all competi
ton in the oil trade He recommends this
chapter to the various commercial bod
les that were sending in petitions
against the interstate bill: He believed
that if these facts were laid before any COM
mercisl body in America it would vote
against the continuance of such outrages.
He was not an enemy of the railroads He
simply wanted them forced to show equal
justice to all. He would vote for the bill
because it would interfere with no legitimate
rights of the railroads and would bring about
the result desired.A
Mr. Cullom spoke in favor of the confer
ence report. He said the bill had stood the
test of scrutiny to which it had been sub
jected by the press and railroad companies.
The feature most objected to was the long
and short haul clause and that was because
it was either misunderstood or misrepresent-
ed. It was possible, he thought, that any
action might in some respects
prove Ineffective unless supplemented
by State legislation, just as State
legislation had been found incomplete
in the absence of national legislation
Mr.. Cullom then in long speech explained
the different sections of the interstate COM
merce bill.
Senator Stanford opposed the bill.
After short executive session the Senate
adjourned.
Householder the call of States the fol-
lowing bills and resolutions were among
others submitted and referred: By Mr.. Nor
rill, of Kansas, to reduce the duty on sugar
and place lumber and salt on the free list
Mr. Peters, of Kansas authorizing the Secre-
tary of the Treasury to erect public buildings
in any town where the gross receipts from
any Office exceed $4,000 to the government
at an ultimate cost of $4,000. By Mr.. Long,
Of Massachusetts,, (by request) requiring every
United States vessel of twenty tons and
above to have her name painted on the bow.
By Mr.. James, of New York, calling on the
Secretary of the Interior for information as
to the authority under which certain
Indians were absent from their
and engaged in giving
public exhibitions and to what extent
they are under the auspices of the govern
ment as claimed by the exhibitor. Mr.. Mer-
rlmaQ, OF new 1OTh, IOr purchase OF
Ericsson's destroyer" and ten large steel
vessels of the same type.
The District of Columbia committee was
then given the floor and the following mea-
sures passed: Bill providing for the creation
Of school board for the creation of a school
board for the District of Columbia; bill
making an appropriation of $4,000 for the
of bridge across the eastern
branch of the Potomac from the foot of
avenue east to the Maryland
shore. Senate bills affecting various inter-
ests in the District of Columbia were passed.
The property of the Young Mems Christian
association was exempted from taxation as
well as that of the trustees for the Corcoran
art gallery.
The House bill enabling foreign executors
and administrators to sue in the District
was passed, and then at AGO p. m. the House
adjourned.
To Restrict Dealings In Futures.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 10.-Among the bills
in the House to-day was one by
Mr.. Breckenridge, of Arkansas, by request,
it to be unlawful for any person to
garry on the business of buying or selling
'or future delivery any agricultural, me-
,hanical or commercial commodity without
license and fixing the following charges for
yearly license: For selling cotton $4,000
and 81 bale; wheat $40, 900 and three cents
a bushel; corn $4,000 and two cents a
bushel; rye and barley the same; coal oil and
products of the same $40, 900 and two cents
q gallon; pork and beef $40, 900 and one and
one-half cents per pound; whiskey $4,000
and ten cents gallon; stocks, bonds and
notes 100000 and five per cent. of the face
value of the values dealt in. The penalty
for violation of the law is forfeit of five
times the amount involved and imprison-
ment for from one to five years. Forty per